Economy

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  Editor's Letter

  Meditation, Memorial, and Archive of the Failures of a Financial System

  October 19, 2016 - 

  Creative Time Reports was conceived and launched as Occupy Wall Street took over Zuccotti Park. The movement informed many of the first pieces we commissioned, as well as much of our mission, in particular “speaking truth to power.” As an homage to the radical shifts in contemporary culture Occupy catapulted, I interviewed artist Michael Mandiberg […]  More

  By Marisa Mazria Katz

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  Op-Ed

  Guns Don’t Kill People, Capitalism Kills People

  April 9, 2016 - 

  Gun control advocates want more laws, but the streets won’t get safer until we address the real — often economic — causes of violence.  More

  By Boots Riley

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  Editor's Letter

  Inside the Ministry of Space

  October 7, 2015 - 

  While their city undergoes rapid development, the artists of Belgrade’s Ministry of Space collective are working to shape a creative scene that resists corruption and privatization. Marisa Mazria Katz talks with Radomir Lazović, one of the collective’s founders.  More

  By Marisa Mazria Katz

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  Op-Ed

  Radicalizing the Fight for a Living Wage

  July 20, 2015 - 

  The Oakland-based activist and performer discusses the need for workers and activists to look beyond city councils and form a radical new labor movement.  More

  By Boots Riley

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  Op-Ed Feature

  Notes from Tehran: Art in the Time of Sanctions

  July 8, 2015 - 

  As officials hammer out a nuclear agreement, artist and curator Sohrab Kashani explains the challenges of living under economic sanctions that touch business, health, and creative life in Iran.  More

  By Sohrab Kashani